Lenks Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Lenks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Lenks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa691:785,18453,751
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States131:3,862,976168,604

Lenks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lenks Come From? nationality or country of origin

Lenks (Russian: Ленкс) is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Lenks.

How Common Is The Last Name Lenks? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,237,939th most common surname worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Lenks live; 96 percent live in Southern Africa and 96 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

It is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 69 people, or 1 in 785,184. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Western Cape, where 35 percent reside, North West, where 29 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 20 percent reside. Aside from South Africa this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent reside.

Lenks Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lenks has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Lenks last name decreased 77 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Lenks Last Name Statistics demography

Lenks earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 55.27% less than the national average, earning R 106,284 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Lencks913/
Lengks912/
Lenkse911/
Lnks892/
Links8011,878/
Lengs80506/
Lynks807/
Lenxs801/
Lencse73878/
Lincks73802/
Linksz7318/
Lengse736/
Lenchs734/
Linkss731/
Lenkce731/
Linkse731/
Lengsø731/
Lyncks730/
Lenx6714/
Linksch6710/
Lnkx671/
Lncs671/

Lenks Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Lenks in the Russian language
Ленксlenks-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Lenks
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